Neo Ivy Capital Management Buys Shares of 3,758 MKS Inc. $MKSI

Neo Ivy Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of MKS Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 3,758 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $465,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of MKSI. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. purchased a new stake in MKS during the third quarter valued at $30,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its position in MKS by 74.5% in the third quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 260 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp bought a new stake in shares of MKS during the 2nd quarter valued at about $46,000. Finally, Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new stake in shares of MKS during the 3rd quarter valued at about $49,000. 99.79% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

MKS Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:MKSI opened at $210.00 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 2.71 and a quick ratio of 1.71. MKS Inc. has a 1-year low of $54.84 and a 1-year high of $269.91. The company has a market capitalization of $14.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.06, a P/E/G ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.93. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $220.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $166.64.

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 17th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.51 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.02 billion. MKS had a return on equity of 20.85% and a net margin of 7.53%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.15 earnings per share. MKS has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.720-2.280 EPS. Research analysts expect that MKS Inc. will post 6.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

MKS Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 23rd were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 23rd. This is a boost from MKS’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. MKS’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 22.88%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Kathleen Flaherty Burke sold 4,254 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.00, for a total transaction of $1,063,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 53,794 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,448,500. This trade represents a 7.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of MKS stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $239.44, for a total value of $71,832.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 18,663 shares in the company, valued at $4,468,668.72. This trade represents a 1.58% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 63,595 shares of company stock worth $16,208,082 in the last three months. 0.51% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on MKSI. Wall Street Zen cut shares of MKS from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their target price on shares of MKS from $200.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of MKS from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on MKS from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $310.00 target price on shares of MKS in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, MKS has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $273.46.

MKS Company Profile

MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI) designs, manufactures and markets technology solutions that enable advanced processes in a variety of high‐technology and industrial markets. The company’s core offerings include vacuum and gas delivery systems, pressure and flow measurement instruments, optical metrology tools, photonics subsystems and critical components for manufacturing processes. These products support the precise control and monitoring needs of semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, life and health sciences, and research applications.

The company’s product portfolio features mass flow controllers, pressure transducers, vacuum gauges, gas purity monitors, laser-based metrology systems and photonic devices such as lasers and detectors.